These early readers are great for all students, especially visual and auditory learners. These books would be great to use as partner, small group, or whole class lessons. To assist students who may not focus as well as others, it would be a good idea to ask them questions to keep them motivated and engaged. Teachers should tell their students what the expectations are in order to maintain classroom management. The teacher should be prepared with necessary and appropriate books (depending on what word family is being taught) and perhaps a pointer for pointing out specific words.
Curriculum Leveled Readers:
1.
This book features the "ELL" word family and includes familiar images (such as "SHELL"), word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.
2.
This is a collection of "Word Family Leveled Reader Tales" for children. The "EAT" word family is included in the set among twenty-five other rhyming storybooks that teach the top word families. Also included is common spelling patterns that children need to know to become confident readers, spellers, and writers.
3.
This book contains large print with moderate spacing between words for easy readability. Common picture words are included to help decode the text, supporting letter-sound associations and phonemic awareness. The word repetition used reinforces learning and contains a variety of punctuation, and natural oral and descriptive language. The book's main focus is to teach young children about the "EST" word family.
4.
These two books feature the "IT" (on the left) word family and includes familiar images (such as to "HIT" a volleyball), and "IN" (on the right) with images (such as "FIN") which also includes word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.
5.
This book features the "ILL" word family and includes familiar images (such as a "HILL"), word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.
Trade Books:
1.
Please Don't Tell About Mom's Bell
By: Samantha Berger
This is a fun tale designed to assit children in learning the "ELL" word family.
2.
The Pest in the Nest
By: Lisa Eve Huberman
This children's book is full of attractive illustrations and is geared towards teaching the "EST" word family.
3.
A Treat to Eat
By: Pamela Chanke
This children's book is designed to specifically address the "EAT" word family.
4.
Lin and Min are Twins
By: Pamela Chanke
This book is about Lin and Min who are identical twins. The book discusses similarities and differences and how to tell the two apart. This is book is specifically designed to assist children in learning the "IN" word family.
5.
Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill
By: Martha Weston
This book is about Jack and Jill and a big dog named Bill who go sledding one snowy winter day. This is a fun phonics reader that assists in early readers with the use of alliteration, rhyming, and the "ILL" word family.
Alternate Sources of Texts: Using Poetry & Rhymes in the Classroom to Teach Word Families
1. "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater"
- ELL Word Family (shell, well) Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
Put her in a pumpkin shell
And there, he kept her very well.
2.
Dance! Dance to the Rhythm of the Beat!
Written By: Cherry Carl, 2006
Dance! Dance to the rhythm of the beat!
Clap your hands and move your feet!
Pizza! Pizza! There’s a treat!
One I always love to eat!
Vroom! Vroom! Nice and neat!
Back and forth and then repeat!
Howdy! Howdy! Have a seat!
Munch upon a piece of wheat.
Run! Run in the relay heat!
Winning a race is such a feat!
Ouch! Ouch! My poor bare feet.
Crabs that bite and sunny heat!
Hotdogs are my favorite meat.
Now I have to take my seat!
Rah! Rah! There’s no defeat!
We're a team that can't be beat!
This is a poem/song written to provide children with practice of learning the "EAT" word family.
3.Little Sally Walker
-EST Word Family (west, best)
Little Sally Walker, sitting in a saucer,
Ride, Sally, ride,
Wipe your weeping eyes,
Ride, Sally, ride,
Turn to the east, turn to the west,
Turn to the one that you love best.
Aw, shake it to the east!
Aw, shake it to the west!
Turn to the one that you love best!
4.
"The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
- IT & IN Word Family (itsy, bitsy, rain, again)
The itsy, bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
So the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again.
5.
"Jack and Jill"
This poem focuses on the "ILL" word family (such as "Jill or hill"), however it can be also used for the "ack, ail, ell own, or ing" families as well.
Children's Literature
These early readers are great for all students, especially visual and auditory learners. These books would be great to use as partner, small group, or whole class lessons. To assist students who may not focus as well as others, it would be a good idea to ask them questions to keep them motivated and engaged. Teachers should tell their students what the expectations are in order to maintain classroom management. The teacher should be prepared with necessary and appropriate books (depending on what word family is being taught) and perhaps a pointer for pointing out specific words.Curriculum Leveled Readers:
1.
This book features the "ELL" word family and includes familiar images (such as "SHELL"), word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.2.
This is a collection of "Word Family Leveled Reader Tales" for children. The "EAT" word family is included in the set among twenty-five other rhyming storybooks that teach the top word families. Also included is common spelling patterns that children need to know to become confident readers, spellers, and writers.3.
This book contains large print with moderate spacing between words for easy readability. Common picture words are included to help decode the text, supporting letter-sound associations and phonemic awareness. The word repetition used reinforces learning and contains a variety of punctuation, and natural oral and descriptive language. The book's main focus is to teach young children about the "EST" word family.4.
These two books feature the "IT" (on the left) word family and includes familiar images (such as to "HIT" a volleyball), and "IN" (on the right) with images (such as "FIN") which also includes word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.5.
This book features the "ILL" word family and includes familiar images (such as a "HILL"), word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.Trade Books:
1.
Please Don't Tell About Mom's Bell
By: Samantha Berger
This is a fun tale designed to assit children in learning the "ELL" word family.2.
The Pest in the Nest
By: Lisa Eve Huberman
This children's book is full of attractive illustrations and is geared towards teaching the "EST" word family.3.
A Treat to Eat
By: Pamela Chanke
This children's book is designed to specifically address the "EAT" word family.4.
Lin and Min are Twins
By: Pamela Chanke
This book is about Lin and Min who are identical twins. The book discusses similarities and differences and how to tell the two apart. This is book is specifically designed to assist children in learning the "IN" word family.5.
Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill
By: Martha Weston
This book is about Jack and Jill and a big dog named Bill who go sledding one snowy winter day. This is a fun phonics reader that assists in early readers with the use of alliteration, rhyming, and the "ILL" word family.Alternate Sources of Texts: Using Poetry & Rhymes in the Classroom to Teach Word Families
1. "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater"
- ELL Word Family (shell, well)Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
Put her in a pumpkin shell
And there, he kept her very well.
2.
Dance! Dance to the Rhythm of the Beat!
Written By: Cherry Carl, 2006
Dance! Dance to the rhythm of the beat!Clap your hands and move your feet!
Pizza! Pizza! There’s a treat!
One I always love to eat!
Vroom! Vroom! Nice and neat!
Back and forth and then repeat!
Howdy! Howdy! Have a seat!
Munch upon a piece of wheat.
Run! Run in the relay heat!
Winning a race is such a feat!
Ouch! Ouch! My poor bare feet.
Crabs that bite and sunny heat!
Hotdogs are my favorite meat.
Now I have to take my seat!
Rah! Rah! There’s no defeat!
We're a team that can't be beat!
This is a poem/song written to provide children with practice of learning the "EAT" word family.
3.
Little Sally Walker
-EST Word Family (west, best)Little Sally Walker, sitting in a saucer,
Ride, Sally, ride,
Wipe your weeping eyes,
Ride, Sally, ride,
Turn to the east, turn to the west,
Turn to the one that you love
Aw, shake
Aw, shake it to the west!
Turn to the one that you love best!
4.
"The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
- IT & IN Word Family (itsy, bitsy, rain, again)The itsy, bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
So the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again.
5.
"Jack and Jill"
This poem focuses on the "ILL" word family (such as "Jill or hill"), however it can be also used for the "ack, ail, ell own, or ing" families as well.